March 2004

Here's a great quick way to see what kind of web traffic your site (or your competitor's) is enjoying. You can also see how popular your favorite sites are with one click.

The no cost reports come complete with 3 month, 6 month, one year and two year web traffic graphs. Simply type in your competitor's web address and, Shazam! you receive a graph showing a comparison of current and historic web traffic statistics plus lot of additional interesting competitive data..

We are always pleased to be of service to our Cyber Friends and to provide you with these monthly CyberTips. As members of the Real Estate CyberSpace Society we are always current on ways to expand their normal high standards of service with the very latest Internet and other CyberSpace strategies and tools. Click Here for hundreds of Cyber Tricks and Great Places in back issues.

Ever wonder how to really clean your hard drive when passing your old computer on to a friend, relative or charity? Last time maybe you thought that by formatting your drive all your password and private correspondence were wiped off the drive. Not so -- your personal identity or company trade secrets could be compromised if your hard drive is not properly erased.

This source features a list of ten programs that have been designed to accomplish a complete cleaning of any drive you are about to discard. The featured program "Boot and Nuke" is freeware and should probably be activated by a pretty computer savvy user. Some of the commercial products may be somewhat less demanding and could be worth the modest cost when measured against the potential consequences of ignoring the issue.

Looking to hook up to the internet and e-mail on the go? This great place puts WiFi hotspots at your fingertips. According to these web pioneers, their site is the world's largest and most complete directory of public access, no charge and commercial WiFi hotspots.

Once there simply enter your location by country, city and address (or zip), click search and up comes a list of hotspots to get you connected on the spot.

This great place brings you extensive impartial heath information from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources. Health professionals and consumers alike depend on this source for information that is authoritative and up to date.

This is a helpful and important place that has extensive information on over 650 diseases and conditions. There are also lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary, extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials. This great government funded place is well worth a health bookmark.